Australia: Unruly pig holds woman hostage

A pig in the Australian state of New South Wales has
turned on a woman who tried to look after it, effectively holding her hostage on
her property.

Sixty-three-year old Caroline Hayes says she has been unable to leave her
house to use the farm's outdoor toilet at times as the pig is aggressive towards
her.

Let looseThe animal was let loose from a home
two kilometres away, after its owners could not handle it. Hayes began feeding
the pig, named 'Bruce', after it first showed up at her home 10 days
ago.

"When I found it, it had 15 ticks in its eyes which I actually took
out," she said. "One of its eyes it couldn't see out of, so I put cream in it
and I fixed its back up, but apparently it's actually claimed my land and
claimed my place."

Hayes says the pig became aggressive when it wanted more
food, recently biting her on the leg when she tried to go to the toilet. "It
started getting very pushy and pushing me around, so I started to get a bit
frightened, until the stage that it started knocking on my door at 4 o'clock in
the morning, actually head-butting my door," she said.

Failed captureRangers from the local Council have
failed to capture the animal. "The rangers came out to my house yesterday with a
dog cage and this pig is that big, it's like trying to put an elephant in a dog
cage." Rangers are now planning another attempt to catch the pig.